Saturday, December 10, 2011

Come to the Dark Side: We Have Crazy Hats!



Sith fashionistas everywhere were rocked, ROCKED I say, by the Inquisitor's electrifying appearance at SWTOR.com Friday.  Always dressed to impress terrify, the Sith's darkest souls will certainly be... festooned as they conquer world after world for their Emperor's bidding.

The Inquisitor's progression video certainly played to the strengths of the class: lightning, double-bladed lightsabers, and scaring the bejeezus out of small children and rank-and-file Troopers everywhere.  The brash scarlet and dusky darker tones play well off the occasional blood stains that Sith inevitably find decorating their clothing.

That trend continues into the Inquisitor's advanced classes, the Assassin and the Sorceror.  Even though they prefer to stay out of sight most of the time, the Sith Assassins' garb is certainly eye-catching once they make their presence known.  Choosing to dress in a more primitive combination of feathers and leathers, they evoke a primal terror that lies at the heart of all sentients and leave a lasting impression on each culture they touch, even after the last charred body has cooled.

The Sorceror abandons all hints of subtlety, though, and shoots for the title of showstopper.  Everything they do sparks, literally: you never see one enter a room without burning at least one underling into a crisp for failing to lick their metal boots to a mirror finish.  Their profile is more clean and modern than the Assassin, full of sharp lines and edges, but just as severe with shoulderpads as big as starships and those iconic death-masks.  If you'd have told me last week that twenty pounds of metal and full-face coverings would be in fashion, I'd have just Force-choked you.

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